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Intel Confirms Arc A750 Price Cut, Claims Big Performance Gains as Drivers Mature

@W1zzard Do you have any plans to revisit these cards in the future to see how much the drivers have matured and improved performance?
 
AusWolf said:
I have one. It's not as bad as people think. ;)
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It was for the RX 6500 XT having no video encoders. It's like the new Radeon 9550!
 
RJARRRPCGP said:
It was for the RX 6500 XT having no video encoders. It's like the new Radeon 9550!
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How many people need that video encoder? 5% maybe?
 
Wouldn't buy if it was 100 dollars with stellar driver support.
 
spanjaman said:
Wouldn't buy if it was 100 dollars with stellar driver support.
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If I found a 100 dollar 2nd hand a750 I'd buy it without hesitation. The improvement in performance in newer drivers has piqued my interest.
 
Wait, so DX9 titles don't work unless supported by the drivers? Or because of the translation layer they are not optimized so instead of 250fps you get 220fps?

What about older games that don't use DX, or an older iteration of DX?
 
mrnagant said:
Wait, so DX9 titles don't work unless supported by the drivers? Or because of the translation layer they are not optimized so instead of 250fps you get 220fps?

What about older games that don't use DX, or an older iteration of DX?
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Everything that doesn't need more than DX9 can probably be played on an IGP by now. I can't see a translation layer getting too much in the way.
 
mrnagant said:
Wait, so DX9 titles don't work unless supported by the drivers? Or because of the translation layer they are not optimized so instead of 250fps you get 220fps?

What about older games that don't use DX, or an older iteration of DX?
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The thing is, Intel's Xe architecture (that you find in the Axxx series Arc GPUs, as well as iGPUs starting from 11th gen Core) doesn't natively support DX9. Intel solves this by applying a translation layer in the driver that "translates" DX9 code into DX11, which comes at some performance penalty. Considering that we haven't seen new DX9 titles in years, I don't think the performance hit is anything to be worried about.
 
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AusWolf said:
The thing is, Intel's Xe architecture (that you find in the Axxx series Arc GPUs, as well as iGPUs starting from 11th gen Core) doesn't natively support DX9. Intel solves this by applying a translation layer in the driver that "translates" DX9 code into DX11, which comes at some performance penalty. Considering that we haven't seen new DX9 titles in years, I don't think the performance hit is anything to be worried about.
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I mean, the last demanding DX9 that I can name otoh is the original Witcher.
 
bug said:
I mean, the last demanding DX9 that I can name otoh is the original Witcher.
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Exactly. And as you said: it runs on an iGPU, so the performance hit coming from the translation layer in Intel's driver is nothing to be afraid of. :)
 
Colddecked said:
If I found a 100 dollar 2nd hand a750 I'd buy it without hesitation. The improvement in performance in newer drivers has piqued my interest.
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Whereas I wouldn't take it if you were offering it to me for free.
 
Well the price for this in the UK for a 8 gig card is pretty good actually, I was expecting it to cost more.

£250 for 8 gigs and performing reasonably at 1080p.

W1zzard said:
yes
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Would you be willing to do a lesser known DX9 game they have not included in their featured list? I can gift you a steam key for it. Compare it on old and new drivers.
 
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